When an unexpected exception is caught, tell the administrator to read the log file for more information about the error. This should make things less confusing for developers who are new to Rails.

Signed-off-by: Michael Koziarski <michael@koziarski.com>

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+require 'abstract_unit'
+require 'action_controller'
+require 'action_controller/test_process'
+
+RAILS_ENV = "test"
+
+module Rails
+  def self.public_path
+    File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "html"))
+  end
+end
+
+class ErrorPageController < ActionController::Base
+  def crash
+    raise StandardError, "crash!"
+  end
+end
+
+ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
+  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
+end
+
+class ErrorPageControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @controller = ErrorPageController.new
+    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+
+    ActionController::Base.consider_all_requests_local = false
+  end
+
+  def test_500_error_page_instructs_system_administrator_to_check_log_file
+    get :crash
+    expected_log_file = "#{RAILS_ENV}.log"
+    assert_not_nil @response.body.index(expected_log_file)
+  end
+end